The next step

After talking with my group, getting feedback from them and reading the comments from Darren and Catherine, I have pretty much got the idea and direction to move forward.

First thing to research: An insight of how designers work

Internet

It’s bit hard to talk to design company but there are loads of resources out there on the internet, a perfect way to do my research with my laptop and I don’t have to bug anyone. Designer’s website and blog with their sketches and pictures will be a good place to look at.

Books

Also there are many good books that provide good sources of designer’s philosophy and method in design process. Here is the book list:

How Designers Think – The design process demystified (Bryan Lawson), It’s a very interesting book to understand how do designers work and the problems they are tackling.

Visual Research – An introduction to research methodologies in graphic design (Ian Noble and Russell Bestley), A guidebook for design students. It provides an introduction of methods and keys in graphic design process. It also includes some case studies, industry one and self-initiated one, a very quick glance on how to work in different graphic projects.

Design as Art (Bruno Munari), Recommended by Ana and Lucy

Interview

I really want to talk to some designers whoever is working in a design company or working as a freelance designer. It will be more interesting to talk to somebody rather than reading the information from book and internet.

Janice